Associate AI Developer/ AI Developer (Full stack) - SAP Labs East Asia Singapore

We help the world run better
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed. 

*SAP will be prioritizing candidates with full working rights in Singapore* 

About SAP 

A market leader in end-to-end business application software, SAP helps more than 425,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently. We know that a diverse and inclusive workforce keeps us competitive and provides opportunities for all. We believe that together we can transform industries, grow economics, lift societies, and sustain our environment. Because it’s the best-run businesses that make the world run better and improve people’s lives. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together. 

What you'll build

Purpose and objectives  

As an Associate AI Developer / AI Developer, you will work together with a team of dedicated experts including AI scientists, data engineers, dev-ops engineers, and architects with a single goal of building the best-in-class AI products. You will work against fixed timelines and your success will be measured by the ability to deliver solutions matching the performance of top-notch artificial intelligence systems. 

Applicants with relevant experience may be considered for AI Developer role. 

Your tasks include: 

• Push the frontiers of what is possible in artificial intelligence to create new solutions. 

• Explore, understand, and implement most recent technologies and approaches for cloud applications and data pipelines. 

• Comfortably handle multi-terabyte data sets in scale-up and scale-out environments 

• Strive for automation and cloud operation readiness. 

• Understand business processes which create and consume data to be able to select best approaches, evaluate their performance and assess business relevance. 

• Supports machine learning research/project teams with all aspects around data. 

• Builds scalable and re-usable data processing pipelines. 

• Create excellence both in terms of results quality and system scalability through continuous evaluation, analysis, and refinement of the system implementation. 

• Work closely with the team, customers, and partners to holistically understand business and user requirements and derive adequate application development concepts. 

• Performing quality assurance tasks and solving complex integration issues. 

• Ability to work in global teams with different time zones. 

• Immerse yourself quickly into new topics, terminology, and development tasks. 

What you bring:

Required 

• Degree in Computer Science or related field 

• 0 to 3 years of working experience as software developer, preferrable in AI focused cloud application development. 

• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in algorithms, data structures, objects-oriented programming, design patterns, multi-threaded programming, and software design principles 

• Hands-on knowledge in at least two of the server/ client-side programming languages such as Java, Scala, Go, Python, node.js, C++ 

• Exposure to Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark and Kafka 

• Hands-on knowledge of the frameworks such as Spring, Play, AngularJS, Flask etc. 

• Fundamental knowledge of container & orchestration technologies like docker, Kubernetes etc. 

• Experience with cloud-based application development using platforms such as SAP’s business technology platform, AWS, Azure & Google Cloud Platform is a plus. 

• Familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies 

• Strong desire to overcome obstacles and make your work benefit SAP's customers. 

• Excellent written and communication skills in English language. 

Optional 

• Hands-on experience in Shell Scripting, PowerShell 

• Excellent web UI programming skills (JavaScript, HTML5, CSS) 

• Experience with JavaScript frameworks (e.g., D3.js, jQuery, RequireJS, KnockoutJS, AngularJS, NodeJS etc.) 

• Knowledge of UI Design Patterns and Interactions  

• Operational knowledge of Linux distributions such as Redhat, Ubuntu, CentOS, CoreOS 

• Exposure to deployment and container orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Puppet, Chef, Ansible 

• Knowledge of Machine Learning fundamentals

Where you belong:

SAP Labs Singapore is the 20th engineering hub in the SAP Labs Network and is the newest innovation hub at SAP that drives product leadership, fosters the best talent, and aims to boost ecosystem and community engagement with a variety of initiatives. 

SAP Labs Singapore has the ambition to expand significantly and become the Embedded Artificial Hub for SAP, leveraging on core competencies in the current teams. It provides an open, modern working environment and the opportunity to become part of the global SAP engineering community.

Artificial Intelligence team as part of SAP Labs Singapore has experienced professionals taking on challenges posed by the SAP customers. Based in Singapore, you will have the opportunity to work on breakthrough projects addressing real-world problems, challenging norms with some of the SAP’s key customers. As part of the global product engineering team, you will participate in rich and engaging conversations with experts around the globe. 

Job Segment: Developer, Cloud Applications, Cloud Operations, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data science development 

Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.  

We win with inclusion
SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com.

For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity,  gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

AI Usage in the Recruitment Process

For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to our Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process.

Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process.

Requisition ID: 447781  | Work Area: Software-Design and Development  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Graduate  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid #LI-CS2 #SGLABSHIRING